Ancient Languages Quotes

#1. The classical scholars have kept alive the tradition of the superiority of the ancient languages
a kaleidoscopic mass of suffixes and prefixes, supposed to represent an infinite shading of meaning. It is a character they share with the Ojibway and the Zulu.

Stephen Leacock

#2. He was fluent in nineteen modern languages, five ancient languages and the one true universal language - pain.

Tiffany Reisz

#3. I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

Anne Rice

#4. The enemy of the spirit is the selfish ego, which thinks that happiness can be gained through causing unhappiness and disharmony to others. In many ancient languages, the word for enemy means "one who falls out of rhythm; one who is not working in harmony with the larger group."

Sharon Gannon

#5. I want you to go to the Ancient Languages Department at Trinity College tomorrow morning, Ms.Lane.

Karen Marie Moning

#6. The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#7. The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

John Bright

#8. The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student to get that enjoyment out of classical literature that made the lives of our grandfathers so rich.

James Loeb

#9. Do not have any other loves before me in your heart. Do not take my name in vain. Do not kill me. Observe me, and keep me holy.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#10. Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours

Carl Henegan

#11. I think that you're always going to have some people who are negative or view you in a certain way.

Craig Kilborn

#12. Live one day without any unhealthy thoughts. It may be very difficult, but try another day until it becomes habitual, and life will move in the direction of becoming healthy, vital and alive.

Ruth Stafford Peale

#13. When children feel comfortable asking for help, they know they matter. They see that others care and want to be there for them. They understand that they are not alone and can gain some control by reaching out for support. They realize that pain is not permanent; things can get better.

Sheryl Sandberg

#14. In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

W. H. Auden

#15. I like it when one is not certain what one sees. When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.

Saul Leiter

#16. Ancient and modern languages teem with happily expressed sentiments of more or less force and beauty, sufficiently individualized and excellent to warrant their reproduction and classification.

Maturin Murray Ballou

#17. I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

Tori Amos

#18. Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.

Robert A. Heinlein

#19. From every ancient source, we have testimony to Cleopatra's irresistible charm, as Plutarch has it, to her ability to speak many languages including, as he puts it, the language of flattery and essentially, to be able to turn people to her will - really a great political genius, in that respect.

Stacy Schiff

#20. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

Roy Bennett

#21. I recommend against a wooden squat rack, for much the same reason that I recommend against a wooden car.

Mark Rippetoe

#22. I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.

Scotty McCreery

#23. A letter Lewis wrote reveals an 18-year-old with the energy of a schoolboy and the tastes of an octogenarian.

Philip Zaleski